Firstly thank you for taking the time to read and respond.
Abit of background I am a 29 year old male who is overweight and lives a very sedentary lifestyle between sitting for work and laying around on the bed or lounge at home.
Roughly 6-9 months ago I started having my fingers lock up on me while playing computer games (the center joint in the finger) and assumed it was due to over use from my job (8 hours straight of typing) and playing games. This is in both hands primarily the index and middle finger and seemed to be made worse by cold weather, putting a sock over my wrist or running it under warm water seemed to help. I didn't notice any weakness though was unable to straighten my fingers - trying to point with my index finger means it's straight till that middle joint and then points straight down.
3 months ago I noted small muscle hand atrophy, there's no muscle at all between my thumb and index finger on the rear and my thenar has disappeared completely. There are three very visible cords in the palm of my hand leading up to my fingers. This wasting is near perfectly symmetrical in both left and right hand and has led to difficulty in holding objectives (I've never dropped a glass, but buttons are extremely difficult to do). I still have movement in my thumb, my fingers are still very quick but only the little finger can be separated from the rest. The other three I can move maybe a cm apart (without using the other hand).
I seem to get pins and needles infrequently in the tips of my fingers, thumb, palm of hand and bald of my forearm (near my elbow), before all started I recall telling a co worker that it felt like my forearm was on fire at times, that has now gone but returns sometimes in my wrist fires me (bottom). My fingers still feel strong (I can crush a can, lift a 2 litre bottle with them) but my thumb offers nothing but weak support.
about 6 weeks ago I fell when stepping off a large step and hurt myself rather badly , since then my knees are in a lot of pain and I have problems (sometimes cannot) raise myself from a low sitting position (this i attribute towards my extended sedentary lifestyle). I also started having twitches at this time (extremely fast and rather strong) in my calf. Looking at that of course bought me to ALS sites. Since then the twitching has moved to occur all over (again it's fast, strong and only lasts a few seconds) generally I can stop it if I move that muscle.
For full disclosure my anxiety has gone crazy and I've lost myself caught up in this spending up to 4-5 hours some days just reading the same or slightly different information over and over. I have a 4 and a 7 year old and a wife and it terrifies me that I may not be able to continue supporting them.
Thanks for your time.
Abit of background I am a 29 year old male who is overweight and lives a very sedentary lifestyle between sitting for work and laying around on the bed or lounge at home.
Roughly 6-9 months ago I started having my fingers lock up on me while playing computer games (the center joint in the finger) and assumed it was due to over use from my job (8 hours straight of typing) and playing games. This is in both hands primarily the index and middle finger and seemed to be made worse by cold weather, putting a sock over my wrist or running it under warm water seemed to help. I didn't notice any weakness though was unable to straighten my fingers - trying to point with my index finger means it's straight till that middle joint and then points straight down.
3 months ago I noted small muscle hand atrophy, there's no muscle at all between my thumb and index finger on the rear and my thenar has disappeared completely. There are three very visible cords in the palm of my hand leading up to my fingers. This wasting is near perfectly symmetrical in both left and right hand and has led to difficulty in holding objectives (I've never dropped a glass, but buttons are extremely difficult to do). I still have movement in my thumb, my fingers are still very quick but only the little finger can be separated from the rest. The other three I can move maybe a cm apart (without using the other hand).
I seem to get pins and needles infrequently in the tips of my fingers, thumb, palm of hand and bald of my forearm (near my elbow), before all started I recall telling a co worker that it felt like my forearm was on fire at times, that has now gone but returns sometimes in my wrist fires me (bottom). My fingers still feel strong (I can crush a can, lift a 2 litre bottle with them) but my thumb offers nothing but weak support.
about 6 weeks ago I fell when stepping off a large step and hurt myself rather badly , since then my knees are in a lot of pain and I have problems (sometimes cannot) raise myself from a low sitting position (this i attribute towards my extended sedentary lifestyle). I also started having twitches at this time (extremely fast and rather strong) in my calf. Looking at that of course bought me to ALS sites. Since then the twitching has moved to occur all over (again it's fast, strong and only lasts a few seconds) generally I can stop it if I move that muscle.
For full disclosure my anxiety has gone crazy and I've lost myself caught up in this spending up to 4-5 hours some days just reading the same or slightly different information over and over. I have a 4 and a 7 year old and a wife and it terrifies me that I may not be able to continue supporting them.
Thanks for your time.